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businesses , organizations are not prepared to handle the cas- cading effects of a critical event .

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An example of this would be the initial impact of Hurricane Ida making landfall in Loui- siana and then causing one of the largest floods in New York City .

A major hotel chain may be prepared to handle the impli- cations of a hurricane to their business in the Gulf Coast , but completely unprepared to manage the impact of flood- ing to their locations , workers and customers in a complete- ly different area of the conti- nent .

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( Heavy rain from Hurricane Ida battered New York City and New England . The rains caused floods and sent New York City into a state of emergency , as the storm carried into New En- gland with threats of more tornadoes . Courtesy of DW News and YouTube . Posted on Sep 2 , 2021 .)
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